GM Powertrain Case Study

Issues About Powertrain High capital investment plant and facilities with highly specialized products, the TCC (Torque Converter Clutch) with high investment in improvement plans. -New "cell" in the assembly area is the proposed model. There is a lot of resistance to this model from the employees and from the Union structure to support successful transition and cost cuts in the operation. Definitely the human resources factors have a key influence on the survival of that …

…their performance. <Tab/>The other two initiatives are more ambitious in terms of the quality improvement, but are too risky and have a lot of process development at the same time is not healthy for the budget itself. It is recommendable to wait and plan for the next 18 months in order to introduce this improvements in terms of installing the new press, and the new die and so much more.